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Relevant lines are:

  SPACE X STARSHIP SUPER HEAVY FLT 2  BOCA CHICA, TX
  PRIMARY: 11/17/23 1300Z-1720Z
  BACKUP:  11/18/23 1300Z-1720Z
  11/19/23 1300Z-1720Z

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So it’s Friday, not the weekend !

As I understand it, they can't do launches over the weekend, as that requires closing the beach, which they don't have permission to do.

... Which makes the two backup dates very confusing. A very quick Google didn't turn up the actual rules on Starbase launches over the weekend, though, so I might be crazy.

SpaceX has five weekend closures allocated per year in Boca Chica: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/13/spacex-... (last paragraph)

...Friday is pretty much the weekend, right?

@dang can we update the title to say "Friday" instead of "weekend"?

Shoot an email to hn@ycombinator.com

Yaaay we did it thanks.

Ok!

Is that UTC or local?

UTC

Z = Zulu, meaning +0 or UTC.

The Z is Zulu, which is UTC.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/zulu

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